Theme Park Visitor Seriously Injured by Crocodile He Mistook for Plastic Prop
In what can be described as one of the weirdest accidents of the year, a Filipino man was seriously hurt by a crocodile after climbing down into a pool to take a selfie with it, thinking it was just a realistic plastic model. 68-year-old Nehemias Chipada was visiting the Amaya View amusement park in Cagayan […]
Indian “Benjamin Button Siblings” Look Older Than Their Parents
Keshav and Anjali Kumar, two young siblings from Jharkhand, India suffer from two rare conditions known as Cutis Laxa and Progeria, which make them look incredibly old for their age. The Indian brother and sister originally made news headlines as the “Benjamin Button siblings” in 2016. Anjali was 7 at the time, and her younger […]
New Technology Tracks Facial Muscle Movements to Expose Liars
When it comes to telling when someone is lying, we currently have very few options, but a team of Israeli researchers claims to have come up with something better than anything we’ve seen before. Using stickers printed on soft surfaces containing electrodes that monitor and measure the activity of muscles and nerves, a team of […]
Young Father Sets Up DIY Lab to Create Medicine For His Son
Unable to find the medicine his two-year-old son desperately needs in China or even import it from abroad, a loving father set up his own laboratory and synthesized the drug himself. Two-year-old Haoyang suffers from Menkes Syndrome, an ultra-rare genetic disorder that affects how copper is processed and absorbed in the body. The boy cannot […]
Woman Tries to Hire Assassin on RentAHitman.com, Ends Up in Prison
A Michigan woman who turned to a bogus rent-a-hitman website to have an assassin kill her ex-husband was recently convicted for solicitation of murder. The internet is amazing. You can find just about any kind of information or service if you put in the work and do some research, but when it comes to hiring […]
Secluded New Zealand Waterfall Doubles as a Playground For Young Seals
The picturesque Ohau Waterfall on New Zealand’s Kaikoura coast is the only waterfall in the world that doubles as a seal creche, a place where the young marine mammals can play and socialize without having to worry about predators. Ohau is a 15-meter-high horsetail waterfall (the water maintains contact with the bedrock as it falls). […]
Innovative Company Uses Kinetic Energy to “Throw” Rockets Into Space
California-based startup SpinLaunch has been making news headlines for its innovative approach to space flight – using a vacuum-sealed centrifuge to hurl rockets into space. SpinLaunch has been working on a launch system that uses kinetic energy as its primary method. It relies on a complex mechanism that includes a vacuum-sealed centrifuge to spin the […]
Fish With 555 Sharp Teeth Loses 20 of Them Every Day, Grows Them Right Back
Scientists recently found that one of the world’s “toothiest” animals, the Pacific lingcod, keeps its 555 teeth razor-sharp by losing up to 20 of them every day and growing them right back. The Pacific lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) is a carnivorous fish found in the North Pacific. You couldn’t tell just by looking at it, but […]
All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant Bans Man For Eating Too Much
A Chinese man was banned from an all-you-can-eat buffet in Changsha for eating kilograms of pork and prawns on every visit, causing the business to lose too much money. A food streamer known only as Kang told local reporters that he was banned from the Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha city simply because he […]
Meet Sumomomomomomomomo, the “Horse That Makes Race Commentators Cry”
Sumomomomomomomomo, a Japanese racehorse that recently claimed its maiden win, was dubbed “the horse that makes commentators cry” because of its tongue-twister name. The three-year-old mare claimed victory at Tokyo’s Oi racecourse a couple of weeks ago and has since become somewhat of a celebrity on Japanese social media. Its name, which is based on […]
The Tyrannophone – An iPhone With an Actual T-Rex Tooth Embedded in It
When gold, platinum and precious stones aren’t enough to sell custom iPhones, it’s time to bring out the good stuff, and there are few things more intriguing than real dinosaur teeth. Caviar has been producing custom luxury variants of popular iPhone models for many years now, but this year they’re doing something completely different. After […]
Indian Doctor Eats Cow Dung, Claims It Cleans the Body, Mind, And Soul
Dr Manoj Mittal, a child specialist from Haryana, in India, sparked controversy online after appearing on camera to praise the benefits of eating cow dung, while feasting on it himself. Traditional Indian medicine has long been promoting cow dung as a cure-all that can even stave off conditions like cancer and Covid, but this didn’t […]
Why Go to the Beach When We Have Beach at Home?
If Aquaman had a home on dry land, I imagine it would look very similar to this Russian apartment that’s been getting a lot of attention on social media lately. Featuring a floor that imitates the ocean, complete with dolphins, sea stars, seashells and other marine life, this Russian apartment put on sale for a […]
This Is Probably the World’s First Ever Suit Made of Men’s Mustache Hair
As part of this year’s Movember, Australian menswear brand Politix teamed up with visual artist Pamela Kleeman-Passi to create a unique suit using men’s mustache hair. Movember is an annual event that encourages men all around the world to grow their mustaches in the month of November to raise awareness of serious men’s health problems, […]
Iranian Women’s Football Team Accused of Using a Man as a Goalkeeper
Following a penalty shootout to their Iranian rivals in a women’s football match, Jordanian officials have called on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to launch an investigation to determine the sex of the Iranian team’s goalkeeper. On September 25, following a goalless draw, the Iranian and Jordanian women’s football teams went to a penalty shootout […]